There couldn’t be more hype around Bill Belichick’s UNC debut on Monday.
Outside of the expectations around the head coach in his first football game since coaching the Patriots for 23 years and winning six Super Bowls as one of the most decorated coaches in the sport’s history, he will be putting on a show in front of elite company at Kenan Memorial Stadium.
Those expected to attend the Tar Heels’ season opener against TCU in Chapel Hill include Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Lawrence Taylor, Julius Peppers, Eric Church, Chase Rice, and Blake Snell, according to ESPN.
Jordan, Hamm, Taylor, and Peppers all played collegiately in their respective sports for the Tar Heels.
Country singer Rice also attended UNC while Church, who is an Appalachian State alumnus, is a North Carolina native.
Belichick, 73, is taking over the program his father once coached at after a season in the media following his split with the Patriots.
He will look to turn it around for the university most known for its basketball program. The Tar Heels have won double-digit games just once, in 2015, since 1997. They last won the ACC in 1980.
Last season, the team went 6-7 overall and 3-5 in conference.
Belichick’s girlfriend, 24-year-old Jordon Hudson, is also a highly anticipated guest for the Sunday night game.
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